AT&T

In Short

AT&T is the second-largest carrier in the U.S., having over 100 million wireless subscribers. It is run as a subsidiary of the larger company AT&T, which also operates wireline internet, TV and phone services across the country as well. First gaining massive customer market share after being the exclusive carrier for the iPhone for multiple generations, AT&T has since branched out to being one of the biggest carriers for supporting Android devices. Though it wasn't the first to do so, AT&T quickly launched and expanded its LTE network after Verizon and now covers a vast majority of the country with its LTE service.

AT&T operates its network with GSM and LTE technology for both voice and data, primarily on 700, 850, 1700 and 1900MHz spectrum. In early 2014, AT&T also announced VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) service and compatible devices, though it will be some time before it becomes a mainstream service.

AT&T has some of the highest wireless prices in the business, often pricing its plans almost comically identical to Verizon. With a big push towards so-called "Mobile Share" plans throughout 2013, AT&T hopes to increase the number of connected devices — phones, tablets and hotspots — per account all using the same data bucket. It has also started to expand further into the lower-cost and prepaid arena, however, with the improvement of its GoPhone prepaid brand and recently-renamed Cricket Wireless value-based carrier subsidiary.

25 November 2016 185By Andrew MartonikWe're no strangers to dealing with roaming internationally, and thankfully for us the U.S. carriers are getting on board with everyone's tendency to get out of the U.S. and see the world with their phones and tablets at their side.

15 November 2016 106By Florence IonThird-quarter earning results are in for U.S. wireless carriers.
Fierce Wireless has helped deconstruct the third-quarter 2016 results from research firm Strategy Analytics...

11 November 2016 23By Marc LagaceAT&T will be rolling out a free data-saving feature for mobile customers in 2017. It’s called Stream Saver and it will be made available for most AT&T mobile customers with a data plan, including GoPhone customers.

10 October 2016 158By Andrew MartonikT-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, U.S. Cellular and Best Buy have stopped selling the much-maligned Note 7, and there's a good chance those sales won't resume in the future.

07 October 2016 206By Andrew MartonikEverything seemed to be getting back in order when it comes to Note 7 recall replacements in the U.S., but announcements from Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon today show that they may be fed up with the situation at this point.